Balázs Krasznahorkai
Hungarian obstetrician Bálint Grassai left his native village in Maramureş, Romania many years ago to attend medical school in Budapest. He also left behind a son he never met, the result of a short affair with a local woman. At Easter, when Bálint returns to bury his father, he is faced with deciding the fate of his abandoned son. Simon is now a self-destructive and rebellious 17-year-old, beholden to local gang leader Dumitru. On the cusp of becoming a father again, Bálint is wrenched back into the stark and unforgiving world he left behind.
Director
Balázs Krasznahorkai
Cast
Levente Molnar
Dénes Babai, Lajos Kovács, Levente Orbán, Rozi Lovas, Noémi Baciu, Balázs Bodolai, Katalin Dombi, Levente Molnar
Country
Hungary, Romania
Running time
1h:32m
Section
TIFF Edition